Wingstop (WING) – Research Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Changes

A number of firms have modified their ratings and price targets on shares of Wingstop (NASDAQ: WING) recently:

• 6/5/2025 – Wingstop had its price target raised by analysts at TD Securities from $330.00 to $400.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 6/4/2025 – Wingstop had its price target raised by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $310.00 to $390.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 5/30/2025 – Wingstop had its price target raised by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $320.00 to $375.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 5/27/2025 – Wingstop was upgraded by analysts at Truist Financial Co. from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating. They now have a $400.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $274.00.
• 5/23/2025 – Wingstop had its price target raised by analysts at Robert W. Baird from $350.00 to $400.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 5/14/2025 – Wingstop had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein. They now have a $360.00 price target on the stock.
• 5/14/2025 – Wingstop had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Stephens. They now have a $385.00 price target on the stock.
• 5/14/2025 – Wingstop had its price target raised by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $300.00 to $320.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 5/14/2025 – Wingstop had its price target raised by analysts at Bank of America Co. from $319.00 to $360.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 5/14/2025 – Wingstop had its price target raised by analysts at TD Securities from $310.00 to $330.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 5/9/2025 – Wingstop had its price target raised by analysts at Guggenheim from $280.00 to $325.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 5/1/2025 – Wingstop had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Cowen Inc.
• 5/1/2025 – Wingstop had its price target raised by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $270.00 to $300.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 5/1/2025 – Wingstop had its price target raised by analysts at Piper Sandler from $271.00 to $272.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 5/1/2025 – Wingstop had its price target raised by analysts at Truist Financial Co. from $242.00 to $274.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
• 5/1/2025 – Wingstop had its price target raised by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $280.00 to $310.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2025 – Wingstop was upgraded by analysts at Gordon Haskett to a “strong-buy” rating.
• 4/30/2025 – Wingstop had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Stephens. They now have a $385.00 price target on the stock.
• 4/30/2025 – Wingstop had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at TD Securities. They now have a $265.00 price target on the stock.
• 4/28/2025 – Wingstop had its price target lowered by analysts at UBS Group AG from $300.00 to $255.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 4/22/2025 – Wingstop was given a new $260.00 price target on by analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein.
• 4/22/2025 – Wingstop had its price target lowered by analysts at Barclays PLC from $315.00 to $260.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 4/22/2025 – Wingstop had its price target lowered by analysts at Truist Financial Co. from $265.00 to $242.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.

Wingstop Trading Up 1.4%

NASDAQ WING opened at $381.46 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $10.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 102.82, a PEG ratio of 2.27 and a beta of 1.88. The company’s 50 day moving average is $280.89 and its two-hundred day moving average is $277.30. Wingstop Inc. has a 12 month low of $204.00 and a 12 month high of $433.86.

Wingstop (NASDAQ:WING) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The restaurant operator reported $0.99 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.84 by $0.15. The company had revenue of $171.09 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $172.25 million. Wingstop had a negative return on equity of 21.59% and a net margin of 17.37%. Wingstop’s quarterly revenue was up 17.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.98 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Wingstop Inc. will post 4.18 EPS for the current year.

Wingstop Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 6th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 16th were issued a $0.27 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 16th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.28%. Wingstop’s dividend payout ratio is currently 18.09%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Michael Skipworth sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $337.34, for a total transaction of $3,373,400.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 47,190 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $15,919,074.60. This represents a 17.49% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Raj Kapoor sold 637 shares of Wingstop stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $273.07, for a total value of $173,945.59. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 517 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $141,177.19. This trade represents a 55.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.72% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Wingstop

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Wingstop during the first quarter worth about $212,672,000. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. bought a new position in Wingstop during the 4th quarter worth approximately $151,802,000. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its holdings in shares of Wingstop by 43.2% during the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 1,646,934 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $371,517,000 after purchasing an additional 496,717 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Wingstop during the 4th quarter worth approximately $115,301,000. Finally, Norges Bank bought a new stake in Wingstop in the fourth quarter valued at $106,123,000.

Wingstop Inc, together with its subsidiaries, franchises and operates restaurants under the Wingstop brand. Its restaurants offer classic wings, boneless wings, tenders, and hand-sauced-and-tossed in various flavors, as well as chicken sandwiches with fries and hand-cut carrots and celery that are cooked-to-order.